Almeley railway station

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Almeley
Station platform, Almeley - geograph.org.uk - 377604.jpg
Almeley station platform
LocationAlmeley, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates52°09′31″N 2°58′56″W / 52.1587°N 2.9822°W / 52.1587; -2.9822Coordinates: 52°09′31″N 2°58′56″W / 52.1587°N 2.9822°W / 52.1587; -2.9822
Grid referenceSO329516
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyKington and Eardisley Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
3 August 1874Station opened
1 January 1917Station closed
11 December 1922Station reopened
1 July 1940Station closed

Almeley railway station was a railway station on the line from Kington to Eardisley in the English county of Herefordshire.

History[]

Opened on the Kington and Eardisley Railway, operated from the outset by the Great Western Railway, the station closed during the Second World War.

The site today[]

The station building, which was used for many years as a cattle shed, has recently been converted into a dwellinghouse. The platform still exists.


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Lyonshall
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Kington and Eardisley Railway
  Eardisley
Line and station closed

References[]

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Kington to Eardisley Line

Further reading[]

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. fig. 37. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.

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